Chloe

Some Interesting Things I’ve seen online lately This cartoon, by Hyperbole and Half  is an amazing, brilliant, fabulous description of depression. It’s just lovely, I laughed and am doing a genuine smiley face (I think, I’m never sure i’m doing it right). It explains what I attempt to explain in my ‘what it feels...
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One of the side effects of my medication (venlafaxine) is the dullness I get everything seems muted and I’m not quite sure I feel like myself anymore. I have no spark, my brain is so slow,  everything just crawls along. People comments on how stable I am, I just feel beyond bland and useless...
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There’s been an interesting discussion on twitter this evening about gender, the question was asked: “What does ‘being a woman’ actually *mean* to you? How would you define ‘woman’?”  My thoughts on gender range from the personal the ‘how does it feel?’ to the more academic. I’m going to focus on the more academic...
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I should probably so this regularly, once a week or so, but knowing me I won’t so I introduct a new feature ‘Interesting Post Round Up Of Irregular Intervals’ Here are some interesting posts I’ve read over the last week or so and heartily recommend! ‘On Scars’ By Pocketmouse –  TW for SI ,a...
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A few thoughts on the issues of body positivity and size and the godawful language used around body shape. Sizing Things Up I’m a size 12-14. The issue of ‘body positive’ seems to have got mixed up in a whole load of body shaming shit about ‘real women’ having curves or not being skinny,...
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One thing I have learnt over the years is the importance of ‘self care’ in mental illness. Times when you need to stop, take a break and look after yourself . You need to be selfish and put yourself first. Sometimes you need to be sensible too. It sounds simple but it can be...
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